Thread: Heater

Smiths are the original , Clayton I beleave.are the new ones
....( try Holden vintage in the uk) there a tad thicker than the originally smiths but that won't matter if you have the original heater body, you just straighten the spring clips a tad...... Be warned.. There not cheep( what s1 buts are)...
Regards mark

With my 55 one pipe fits a threaded hole in the square thermostat housing, with valve tap attached to it ...
The other fits onto the bottom metal coolant pipe..... It's just a 3 or 4 cm kinda t joint. I'll pop ap a pic or two if you like.. You may find that there was no technical leap forward for the s11

Thanks mfc . Yes please re the pics.


Thanks for the Holden Vintage tip.


please see two pics I have attached.


re pic 1 is there a rubber hose that fits onto the water pump inlet pipe that then fits onto the bottom of the radiator do you know? Most of mine re pic 2 is missing. Re the series 2 or 2a that I looked at the weekend. The supply didn't appear to come from the same places as on the series 1.
Oh , and do you have a sensor for temperature sitting next to the water inlet pipe by the thermostat?


cheers,
D

I'd say the pipe nearest is for a temp gauge ( used to be mechanical...I just used an electrical oneImageUploadedByTapatalk1430120870.044367.jpg
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If you're lucky there's two flaps that can close of the front grill and there's a rectangle to circular fitting that can be plumed up through the 2inch(????) holes on the top to defrost the window...recon I'll jerry rig a pipe to run up my trouser legs
Regards mark

Trouser leg option sounds a winner!


Thanks for the pics.


D

No probs.... There's a combined water temp oil presure gauge ( I've never seen one)... I think in that second photo someone has used a gates water hose when the metal one rusted out

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Far as I know a lot of old cars had them... All that realy matters is that the two pipes fit through the holes...... There's only 3 small studs and bolts that hold the heater on( bolts in engine bay) .... That metal clip in the last pic is what you need to straitened a bit,, it just holds the face of the heater on

Pop a pic up of the car " we like to watch" lol

Hello again,


I was clearing out the shed and stumbled across the attached which I had forgotten I had. I guess it was in the back of the series 1 when I bought it home. I thought oh! its the water inlet pipe - but couldn't work out where the connection would have gone for the copper pipe to the heater. Were some plumbed up differently to the norm do you know?


cheers,
D